On 19 December, two hours after leaving her job at Twitter’s office in New York City, Lucy Calderon received a text message telling her that she would no longer be working there, effective immediately.
The single mother from The Bronx and a dozen of her fellow janitorial workers lost their jobs days before Christmas after Twitter abruptly canceled a contract with their employer, joining what workers have called the “other” wave of tech layoffs impacting tens of thousands of workers in recent months.
